Improvement in shoe-fastenings



nnmn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

, CLARK M. PLATT, 0F WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT l N SHOE-FASTENINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 181,979, datedSeptember 5, 1876; application filed July 24, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARK M. PLATT, of Waterbury, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Fastenings for Shoes, Gloves, 860.; and that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing bad to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making part of this specification.

This invention is in the nature of an improvement in fastenings forshoes, gloves, and other similar articles of wearing apparel, orotherwise; and the invention consists in a tubular stud, constructedwith an enlarged end and flanged base, combined with a tubular eyelet,which passes into the tubular stud, and having its inner end spread intothe enlarged end of the tubular stud, (by which means the stud isattached. to a shoe or glove.)

when combined with an eyelet having a slot,

all constructed and arranged substantially as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying sheet I of drawings, Figure l is plan view, showingthe stud and, eyelet secured to a garment, and also showing the mannerof securing the garment by means thereof; Fig. 2, a section, showing theattachment of the stud and eyelet to the garment.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in both figures.

A represents the stud, with an enlarged head, a, and a flange, b. Thisstud is tubular, as shown in Fig. 2, and the enlargement of the head amay be produced by indenting the endof the stud, as at 0, or theenlargement may be formed in any desirable manner. The flange bis formedat right angles to the shank of the stud, and the stud in this wayconstructed is placed upon the surface of the fabric to which it is tobe attached, a hole having been punched through the fabric, throughwhich is inserted a tubular eyelet, B. This tubular eyelet consists of ashank, e, and a flange, f, at right angles to it.

To secure the stud to the fabric 0 the shank of the tubular eyelet B isinserted in a hole punched through the fabric, and passes into theinterior of the tubular stud A, when, by

a suitable compress applied to the flange f of the eyelet B, and the endof the stud, the inner end of the tubular shank e of the eyelet isspread into the enlarged head a of the tubular stud, effectuallyriveting and holding the eyelet to the stud, and clamping the fabricbetween the under side of the flange of the tubular eyelet, and theouter surface of the flange of the tubular stud.

This attachment of the stud is designed to be effected on one side ofthe opening of a glove, shoe, or other similar article, and to the otherside of the opening is aflixed an eyelet, E. This eyelet may be of anysuitable construction, provided the continuity of its annulus isinterrupted, as will be hereinafter shown, and also providing it hassufficient flange-surface, when affixed on both sides of the fabric towhich it is attached, to keep it firmly in position. The eyelet does notform a complete annulus, but has a slot, 9, cut into it, breaking thecontinuity of the annulus. This eyelet is secured to the fabric bypunching a hole therein, passing the shank of the eyelet through thehole, and upsetting the end of the shank to form a flange, as in theapplication of ordinary eyelets; or it may be secured in any otherdesirable way. In all cases, however, the slot or opening g must be madethrough both flanges and the shank of the eyelet.

The eyelet and stud being now in position on opposite sides of theopening of the garment to which they are attached, to secure the sidesof the opening it is simply necessary to pass the opening in the eyeletE over the end of the stud A, and press the eyelet over the stud, whenthe eyelet, by reason of the slot 9 formed therein, will spring opensufficiently to permit the enlarged head a of the stud to pass throughthe eyelet E, and the head, having passed through the eyelet, will againcontract below the enlarged head, confining the eyelet to the stud untilit is desired to remove it, which is accomplished by pulling the fabricwith the eyelet upon it directly upward, when the eyelet will againspread and permit the head of the stud to pass through it.

Although this unfastening is easily accomplished when a direct upwardstrain is brought eyelet with a slot formed therein, as and for thepurpose described. I

2. In a fastening for sh0es,'gloves, 8:0, an eyelet with a slot breakingthe continuity of the annulus formed by the flanges and shank of theeyelet, as and for the purpose described.

CLARK -M. PLATT.

Witnesses:

H. L. WATTENBERG, M. LovELL.

